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ArticleIrish journal of medical science2021

Reliability of caloric testing.

Brian W Blakley, Nasser Barakat

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Article in Irish journal of medical science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 52% of its field
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. [Application of vestibular function examination battery in the staging of vestibular function in Meniere's disease].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2021
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Brian W BlakleyDepartment of Otolaryngology, University of Manitoba, Health Sciences Centre - Winnipeg, GB421 - 820 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3A 1R9, Canada. BBlakley@exchange.hsc.mb.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3848-2346
Nasser BarakatDepartment of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Manitoba Health · CAUniversity of Calgary · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo assess the long-term stability of caloric testing in patients.

methodsIn this retrospective study, Cronbach's alpha was used to determine whether caloric testing results are stable over time (up to 7 years) in patients who have not undergone interventions. After excluding invalid records, two hundred patients who underwent repeated caloric testing in the same lab over varying periods of time were included.

resultsCronbach's alpha scores were 0.512 for unilateral weakness and 0.051 for the sum of caloric tests indicating that the stability of caloric tests is poor over long terms.

conclusionThe stability of caloric testing with repeated testing over long terms is not reliable.

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Caloric TestsHumansReproducibility of ResultsRetrospective StudiesDizzinessElectronystagmographyTestingVestibular

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PMID33438117
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